With fewer opportunities to hunt seals, they venture closer to towns in search of garbage or unattended dog food if not the dogs themselves.

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"How Greenland sharks hunt seals remains a mystery, " Watanabe said.

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The men of the Kihnu community have taken to sea to hunt seals and fish, while the women have remained on the islands to farm and to maintain the household.

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The coastline supports colonies of fish and seals, and divers who hunt for scallops and abalone can spend up to 10 hours a day in the water.

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About 67, 000 seals were killed during the 2009 hunting season in the province of Newfoundland, which set its hunt limit at 350, 000.

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